The following video demonstrates each syllable of the pinyin structure
and the exercise of pinyin/zhuyin with basic Chinese 4-tune pronunciation

Mandarin pinyin tunes
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shān, shán, shǎn, shàn

first tune

shān

hill; mountain 山 shān

shirt; upper garment 衫 shān

delete; erase 刪 shān

Chinese characters also pronunced shān

third tune

shǎn

flash; sparkle dodge; duck out; avoid 閃 shǎn

lightning bolt of lightning; flash of lightning 閃電 shǎn diàn
flash; sparkle 閃 shǎn	electricity 電 diàn

evade; dodge quickly 閃避 shǎn bì
dodge; duck out 閃 shǎn	avoid 避 bì

Chinese characters also pronunced shǎn

fourth tune

shàn

virtue; virtuous good; goodness 善 shàn

good and evil 善,惡 shàn è
good; goodness 善 shàn	evil 惡 è

fan; air cooler 扇 shàn

good at; expert in 擅 shàn

skilled in; clever at; excel in 擅長 shàn cháng
good at 擅 shàn	good point 長 cháng

Chinese characters also pronunced shàn